Olu amoda biography
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Fringe, Difference of opinion Twenty See to, Lagos, Nigeria
Cequel Relapse, Veranda of Continent Art, Writer, UK
Cequel: A Shifting assert a Occasional Poles, Compensation Twenty Predispose, Lagos, Nigeria
Cequel, The Wheatbaker Hotel, Port, Nigeria
Cequel, Academy of Metropolis, Nigeira, Continent Studies Section Convocation Extravaganza series.
Template: Pulsate Death keep from King’s Cavalier by Wole Soyinka, Skoto Gallery, Different York, NY
Heads and Guaranty, Fashion Tectonic, Skoto Drift, New Royalty, NY
Objects make stronger Art, Didi Museum, Port, Nigeria
Oscillating in the middle of the Criterion Form sit Functional Necessities, French Social Centre instruction Alliance Francaise, Abuja, Nigeria
Oscillating between representation Ideal Act and Working Necessities, Romance Cultural Middle and Confederation Francaise, City, Nigeria
Lacerating, Aura Art Middle, Lagos, Nigeria
Sound, Stain, lecturer Steel, Sculptor Cultural Core and Union Francaise, Port, Nigeria
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Nigerian artist Olu Amoda uses found objects to create new works that comment on mass production and consumerism while also alluding to history and memory. As Amoda puts it, “I am interested in the former lives of the objects I use and in the new meanings they take on when they are brought together.&#;
At first glance Tax Collector (Eye II) seems to be one large metal sculpture, but upon closer examination, the smaller pieces are revealed to be spoons. Once the viewer notices the spoons in the sculpture, they are almost impossible not to see. For Amoda, it is the small metallic pieces that comprise the whole of his sculptures that are essential. He is interested in the power of clusters of small objects. “What we call little things are merely the causes of great things: they are the beginning, the embryo and the point of departure, which generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence,” says Amoda.
Amoda was born in Warri, Nigeria. He graduated in sculpture from Auchi Polytechnic in , and was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts from Georgia Southern University in Amoda has worked as an Artist-in-Residence in Villa Arson in Nice, France (); the Bag Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa (); at the Appalachian Statue University in Boone, North Carolina () and at the N
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ArtAround: Pathways Visual Artist &#; Olu Amoda
Olu Amoda (born in Okere &#; Delta state, Nigeria). Amoda is best known for using repurposed materials from consumer culture&#;s detritus. His works often incorporate rusty nails, metal plates, bolts, pipes, and rods, welded together to create figures, animals, flora, and ambiguous forms. Amoda uses these materials to explore socio-political issues relating to Nigerian culture today, from sex, politics, race, and conflict to consumerism and economic distribution. His seminal body of work, &#;Sunflower,&#; explores the connection between mass industry and organic, winning the top prize at the DAK&#;ART Biennale in Dakar, Senegal, in
Over the past two years, Amoda has experimented with new materials and processes to exhume form from the earth&#;s stomach by scavenging the rejects from the forged line.
Amoda received a Master&#;s Degree in Fine Arts from Georgia Southern University, USA.
Amoda has participated in exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), the Museum of Art and Design (New York), Skoto Gallery (New York), Georgia Southern University (USA), WIPO Headquarters (Switzerland), and Art Twenty One (Nigeria), among others. His works are in the recently concluded touring exhibition &#;Lend me your Dream&#; organ